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How to Take Back Your Power and Stop Living for Others

In today’s post, I’m sharing how to take back your power by taking responsibility for your future, unlearning unhelpful stories you’ve heard, and reclaiming control over your reactions. Let’s dive in. 1) take responsibility for where you go from here “Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.” ― Joan Didion Sure, you can dig into your past to find what went wrong or how you have contributed to any negative situation that happened. Or, you can use what you have, the knowledge you already have, to help...

3 Toxic Mindsets That Sabotage Your Success (and How to Overcome Them)

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Have you noticed how many times we let our unhelpful thoughts run the show? How many times do we let a toxic mindset that makes us believe we’re not good enough stand in the way? Today, we’re naming some of the most common toxic mindsets so that you can recognize them and rise above them the next time they come up. Additionally, I’m sharing action steps and journal prompts to release each toxic mindset. Let’s dive in. 3 Toxic Mindsets That Keep You Small (and How to Reclaim Your Power) 1) thinking that small steps don’t matter “It is...

7 Steps to Overcome the Fear of Failure and Build Confidence

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Do you have low self-esteem and low confidence? Are you reluctant and afraid to take on new challenges? Do you suffer from anxiety about the future? These are all physical and emotional signs of a fear of failure. But isn’t life about taking risks, experiencing failure, and learning continuously? If not, then a cautious life must be comfortable, if not boring. It’s time to break out and live boldly. How to know if you have a fear of failure The fear of failure is something we all experience, whether in small doses or consistently. This fear causes many people...

Overcoming Your Limiting Beliefs: 4 Steps to Set Yourself Free

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How often do you compare yourself to others, think you’re not good enough, or that you’re not ready yet? When thoughts like these stop you from taking action toward your goals, it’s time to make a change. It’s time for overcoming your limiting beliefs. But how do you actually do that? How do you overcome something you’ve been struggling with for years? As Alissa Finerman said in her book Living In Your Top 1%, you can choose between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. If you choose to adopt a growth mindset, you’ll see life as a learning process and believe...

How to Live Your Best Life: 10 Steps to Ultimate Transformation

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Creating your best life and learning what makes you happiest takes time. It also takes effort. I will be honest, I did not get there until my late 20s and I realize that it is not an on and off switch but an ongoing process and choice to create a life that brings you your ultimate happiness. Happiness and freedom are not found through another person, money, or things. Your best life and best version of you is uncovered within, when you learn what really sets your soul on fire, what makes you genuinely smile, and what is truly...

Dealing with Negative Comments: How to Protect Your Energy and Stay True to Yourself

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Dealing with negative comments is a skill worth mastering. We can come across unnecessary mean comments at work, in dating, family, hobbies, or even just walking down the street, minding our own business. You can’t control what other people say or how they say it. But you can decide whether you want to take what they said as truth and base your following actions on that. Or whether you want to leave them with their thoughts and create your own opinions. Let’s dive into how you can deal with negative comments while staying solid in your identity and not...

How to Be Alone and Enjoy It: 4 Ways to Be Happy by Yourself

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How to be alone and enjoy it? Feeling lonely isn’t reserved only for times when you’re alone. You can feel lonely in rooms full of people if you feel like those aren’t your people. We find ourselves constantly looking for company, for some familiar face so that we don’t feel alone. But what’s so bad about being alone? Do we not know how fun and capable we are, and therefore, we rely on others to make us feel good? To make us feel whole and complete? Today, I share action steps and mindset shifts on how to be alone...